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 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [[Spun] Make the Menu bar wording darker](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-menu-bar-wording-darker/)
 *  [Strizzle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strizzle/)
 * (@strizzle)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-menu-bar-wording-darker/#post-4209440)
 * Hello Chewhow,
 * Be advised I am still a newbie at CSS as well. However, I checked your child 
   theme style.css you linked above and I do see the masthead opacity has been changed
   to 1.
 * If you search the .main-navigation area, I see another opacity value set to 0.
   I’m not sure if this is the value you should change, I suspect it is, but I would
   alter this section to have the opacity set to 1 like below:
 *     ```
       .main-navigation ul ul {
       	float: left;
       	opacity: 1;
       	position: absolute;
       		top: 1.6em;
       		left: 0;
       	text-align: left;
       	transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
       	-webkit-transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
       	-moz-transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
       	-o-transition: all .4s ease-in-out;
       	visibility: hidden;
       	z-index: 99999;
       }
       ```
   
 * I would be interested to see if this fixes your issue.
 * By the way your site looks fine and does not have the light color text when I
   view it currently, although I’m sure I’m on a different browser/system than you.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [[Spun] Make the Menu bar wording darker](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-menu-bar-wording-darker/)
 *  [Strizzle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strizzle/)
 * (@strizzle)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-menu-bar-wording-darker/#post-4209430)
 * Chewhow:
 * I understand your frustration, as I was having the same problem viewing the text
   through firefox etc, as it was too light.
 * The **color** of the text is not the problem, it is actually a dark grey at it’s
   source.
 * The **opacity** of the text is the problem. It causes the dark grey text to become
   very light.
 * Follow Siobhan’s advice posted above, and in your css plugin add the lines:
 * #masthead {
    opacity: 1; }
 * The opacity range is between 0 and 1. Set it to 1 and it will be a regular string
   of text with a dark grey color. You can also follow the above advice to change
   the color if you wish, but I believe the opacity is the source of your frustration.
   Anywhere in the CSS code you have an opacity you can set it to 1 and it will 
   solve your problem.
 * I understand the theme creator having a opacity set like it is, but for some 
   of our pages that element just goes too far. Good luck!

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